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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

14339000 ROGUE RIVER AT DODGE BRIDGE, NEAR EAGLE POINT, OR

LOCATION - Lat 42°31'30", long 122°50'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.17, T.35 S., R.1 W., Jackson County, OR, Hydrologic Unit 17100307, on right bank, 50 ft upstream from Dodge Bridge, 0.7 mi downstream from Reese Creek, 4.3 mi northwest of Eagle Point and at mile 138.6.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,215 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1094: 1942(M), 1943, 1945(M), 1946. WSP 1738: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1938 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,271.99 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 21, 1938, nonrecording gage, Dec. 21, 1938 to Aug. 15, 1968, water-stage recorder at datum 2.27 ft higher and Aug. 16, 1968 to Sept. 30, 1976, water-stage recorder at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS - Flow regulated since February 1977 by Lost Creek Lake (active capacity, 315,000 acre-ft). Diversions for irrigation upstream from station; most of low flow of Big Butte Creek is diverted near Butte Falls.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 87,600 ft³/s Dec. 22, 1964, gage height, 12.78 ft, datum then in use, from rating curve extended above 23,000 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 567 ft³/s Feb. 18, 1977, result of closure of Lost Creek dam; minimum prior to that time, 611 ft³/s Aug. 6, 14, 29, Sept. 9, 1940.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: August 1973 to current year.

TURBIDITY: October 1999 to April 2012.

INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature probe and data logger.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Prior to construction of Lost Creek Dam and Lake: Maximum, 20.0°C July 27, 28, 1975; minimum, 0.0°C Jan. 6-8, 10, 11, 1974, Jan. 6-9, 1977. After full operation of Lost Creek Dam and Lake: Maximum, 21.0°C July 26-29, 1992; minimum, 0.5°C Feb. 5, 6, 1989.

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, >326 FNU Dec. 30, 31, 2005, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, <1 FNU on one to many days most years.